{{Short description|Israeli television series}} {{italic title}} '''''Temporarily Dead''''' ({{langx|he|מתים לרגע|Metim LeRega}}, literally "Dead for a Moment") is an Israeli speculative fiction medical drama TV series.<ref>Handelzalts, Michael (8 August 2014). [https://www.haaretz.com/life/television/2014-08-08/ty-article/.premium/truth-or-consequences/0000017f-e557-df2c-a1ff-ff5701140000 "A New Israeli Medical Drama: Just What the Doctor Ordered – Sometimes TV Series Have More in Common with Broadcast News Than We Might Suppose"]. ''Haaretz''. Retrieved 31 July 2015.</ref><ref name=mari>[https://www.makorrishon.co.il/nrg/online/47/ART2/599/936.html "מתים לרגע": טלנובלה עם כוחות על] (Dying for a Moment: A Telenovela with Superpowers), ''Makor Rishon'', 23 July, 2014</ref>
It ran for two seasons: in 2014 and in 2016/2017.
In 2016, it was released in the ''Netherlands'' under the title ''Project Orpheus''.<ref>[https://bloody-disgusting.com/tv/3582691/sci-fi-streaming-channel-dustx-announces-new-shows-orpheus-project-restoration/ Sci-fi Streaming Channel DUSTx Announces New Shows “Orpheus Project” and “Restoration”]</ref> In 2025, Amazon announced it was writing drama ''Orpheus Project'' based on the Israeli series. <ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/amazon-developing-thriller-series-orpheus-project-1236007955/ ‘Orpheus Project’ Thriller in the Works at Amazon From ‘Fellow Travelers,’ ‘Nashville’ Alums (Exclusive)]</ref>
It was compared with American series ''Grey's Anatomy''.<ref>[https://e.walla.co.il/item/2767346 אם "מתים לרגע" היתה מסתפקת בלהיות חיקוי ל"האנטומיה של גריי" היה קל יותר לכולנו]</ref><ref name=mari/>
==Plot== A group of medical interns find out about experiments on clinical death and coming back to life conducted by professor Landau ("Orpheus Project"). They decide to run the experiment themselves. They have problems, but also acquire superpowers.
==See also== *Project Morpheus ==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{imdb-title|3830828}} *{{imdb-title|5518944|Project Orpheus}}
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Category:2010s medical television series Category:Israeli drama television series Category:Israeli speculative fiction television series Category:Israeli thriller television series Category:Films about near-death experiences